Lighting attachment for cigarettes



g- 1929- N. MEDNIKOFF ET AL 1,723,

LIGHTING ATTACHMENT FOR CIGARETTES Filed Sept. 1, 1928 WITNESSEs [e0libs ri/zson Patented Aug. 5, 1929 UNHTED STATES was? arana series.

NICOLAI MEDNIKOFF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND LEO LIBERTHSON,OFVBELLEVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

LIGHTDTG ATTACHILIENT FOR CIGARETTES.

Application filed September 1, 1928. Serial Iva-303,540.

This invention relates to cigarettes or the like, and has particularreference to an improved attachment therefor which serves as a means forlighting the same without en1 ploying a match. pocket lighter or othersimilar independent lighting devices.

W'hile it is appreciated that lighting at tachments have heretofore beendevised for such a purpose, the same have been open to to certainobjections, notably, when employing the body of the cigarette as aholder for the. purpose of frictionally rubbing the lighting substanceover an ignition surface, the wrapper is discarded or bent to such anextentas to crack or rupture the same and,

hence, render the cigarette useless.

The presentinvention, therefore. primarily comprehends a lightingattachment which includes as a part thereof, a reinforcing element whichlends sufiicient additional strength to the cigarette Wrapper andfiller, to permit of the use of the same as a means for frictionallystriking the lighting substance upon the ignition surface withoutdistorting or rupturing the wrapper.

As a further feature, the invention contemplates an improved lightingattachment for cigarettes or the like, in which the lighting substanceserves as a means for adhesively joining and retaining the reinforcingelement in place and against relative displacement to the cigarettewrapper and filler until said substance has been ignited, the ignitionof the substance serving to automatically release or disconnect the.reinforcing element so that the same may be readily detached anddiscarded.

Other objects of the invention reside in the comparative simplicity ofconstruction and mode of use of the lighting attachment, the economywith which the same may be produced and incorporated with the cigaretteand the general efficiency derived therefrom.

Vith the above recited and other objects in view, reference is had tothe following description and accompanying drawings, in which there areexhibited several examples or embodiments of the invention, while theclaims define the actual scope of the same.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cigarette equipped with a lightingattachment constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 3 is a similar view illustrating the lighting solution appliedand illustrating in dotted lines the manner in which the reinforcingsleeve or element is removed and discarded.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a modified adaptation of the inventionillustrating the use of a ripping cord in connection with thereinforcing element for facilitating the removal of the same.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, A designates theusual wrapper of a cigarette and B the filler. The lighting attachmentconstituting the present invention consists of a reinforcing element 5which is in the nature of a tube or sleeve. preferably enclosing one endof the cigarette and snugly fitting the same and extending from said endto a point intermediate its length. The reinforcing element or sleeve,after its application to the cigarette as illustrated in Figure 2, isdipped, together with the cigarette, into a lighting substance 6 whichadhesively connects the reinforcing element, the wrapper and the fillertogether at the extreme end of the cigarette. The sleeve or tubeconstituting the reinforcing element 5 may be of any suitable material,such as paper, and lends sufiicient rigidity to the cigarette for anappropriate distance from the end to be ignited to afford means forgrasping and striking or rubbing the lighting substance 6 over anignition surface without destroying or rupturing the wrapper A. Afterthe substance 6 has been lighted and consumed, it is obvious that theadhesive connection between the reinforcing element or sleeve and thewrapper A will be destroyed, permitting the operator to slide the sleeveoutwardly, as illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 3, for completeremoval and discarding.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figure 4, a ripping cord 7is disposed under the sleeve 5 between the same and the wrapper A, sothat when the lighting substance has been consumed, the ripping cord maybe employed as shown as a means for longitudinally tearing the sleeve tofacilitate its removal and discarding;

What is claimed is:

1. A lighting attachment for cigarettes including a lighting substanceand a reinforcing element associated with one end of the cigarette andextending therefrom to a point intermediate its length to providesuflicient additional rigidity to the cigarette wrapper and filler topermit of the use of the same as a means for frietionally striking thelighting substance upon an ignition surface, said lighting substanceserving as a means for adhesively connecting the reinforcing element tothe cigarette and serving to disconnect and release the same forattachment and discarding after it has been ignited and consumed.

2. A lighting attachment for cigarettes including a reinforcing sleevefitted to the Wrapper and extending from one end thereof inwardly to apoint intermediate its length and a lighting substance covering the endof the cigarette and joining-the sleeve to the wrapper and filler.

3. A lighting attachment for cigarettes including a sleeve fitted overthe wrapper of sumed.

the cigarette and extending from one end thereof to a point intermediateits length and a lighting substance covering the end of said cigarettefiller, wrapper and sleeve and adhesively joining the same until thelighting substance has been ignited and con- 4. A. lighting attachmentfor cigarettes including a sleeve fitted over the wrapper of thecigarette and extending from one end thereof to a point intermediate itslength, a lighting substance covering the end of said cigarette filler,wrapper and sleeve and adhesivelyjoining the same until the lightingsubstance has been ignited and consumed and a ripging cord disposedbetween said sleeve and Wrapper, extending throughout the length of saidsleeve and projecting inwardly beyond the same for facilitating thetearing and removal of the sleeve from the wrapper after the substancehas been ignited and consumed.

NICOLAI' MEDNIKOFF. LEO LIBERTHSON.

